I solved it. It had to do with a corrupted profile indeed. I have run
firefox -ProfileManager deleted the old profile, made a new one and it worked!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010689 Title: Firefox sync does not work Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: When I go into the Preferences--> Sync tab, both clicking on Pair a Device or Setup Firefox Sync provide no result. Going from Tools --> Set up Sync gives the following error in the console: Timestamp: 06/08/2012 11:50:56 PM Error: resource://services-sync/engines/clients.js - Could not get symbol 'Clients'. Source File: resource:///modules/services-sync/service.js Line: 65 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: SIS966 [HDA SIS966], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: peppuzzo 3323 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120601173917 Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SIS966'/'HDA SIS966 at 0xfdff8000 irq 18' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC662 rev1' Components : 'HDA:10ec0662,1631e201,00100101' Controls : 34 Simple ctrls : 19 Channel: release Date: Fri Jun 8 23:45:11 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.50 metric 2 MostRecentCrashID: bp-7a81954b-271f-4192-b070-243e22120513 Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=13.0/20120601173917 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: gnome-shell 3.4.1-0ubuntu2 rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4 totem-mozilla 3.0.1-0ubuntu21 sun-java6-bin 6.26-1natty1 icaclient 11.100 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-7a81954b-271f-4192-b070-243e22120513 bp-f3d4dab2-c0e3-44a8-aa12-db0bb2110725 bp-87c39909-aee0-4cf4-9b46-75a332110506 bp-98068dd9-a05d-4287-9764-39ebf2110506 bp-d3fc13f4-1618-493c-9d6e-7473f2110506 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-05 (34 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/17/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, dmi.bios.version: Si671V14 dmi.board.name: GA-T671MG dmi.board.vendor: PACKARD BELL BV dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: PACKARD BELL BV dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,:bvrSi671V14:bd07/17/2007:svnPACKARDBELLBV:pnISTARTF9240AIO:pvrPB82119986:rvnPACKARDBELLBV:rnGA-T671MG:rvr:cvnPACKARDBELLBV:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: ISTART F9240 AIO dmi.product.version: PB82119986 dmi.sys.vendor: PACKARD BELL BV To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1010689/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
